Veronika Spinka, SpringerOpen Books Coordinator

The British Library, July 1, 2013

Open Access Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference

Discovery and dissemination of OA books – a publisher’s perspective

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Springer key facts

• A leading global scientific, technical and medical publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R & D departments with quality content via innovative information products and services

• Trusted local-language publisher in Europe – especially in Germany and the Netherlands – primarily for physicians and professionals working in healthcare and road safety education

• Turnover of Springer Science+Business Media in 2012: EUR 976.3 million;

• in 2011: EUR 874.8 million

• Some 2,200 English-language journals and more than 8,000 new book titles published in 2012, in five main publishing fields: science, technology, medicine, business, and transport

• Springer eBook Collection with more than 120,000 titles available on SpringerLink

• Springer’s open access portfolio encompasses over 380 fully open access journals

• More than 7,000 employees worldwide

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Open Access flavors at Springer

Hybrid Open Access

• Open Access option in majority of Springer titles

• Open Choice for individual authors:Article fee € 2200/ US$ 3000

Fully Open Access

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Authors’ Rights

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Journals & Books(NEW!)

• Self-archiving of author’s accepted article version

• Upload service for NIH funded authors

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license for journal articles

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) license for books

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It started with journals

• SpringerOpen launched in June 2010

• SpringerOpen portfolio encompasses over 130 journals, covering all scientific disciplines

• CC BY license

• Copyright author(s)

• APCs EUR 500 to EUR 1,500

• More than 450 SpringerOpen/BioMed Central OA members

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SpringerOpen books in a nutshell

• SpringerOpen books launched in August 2012,covering all scientific disciplines

• All types of books(monographs, edited volumes, SpringerBriefs, proceedings)

• Quality and processes follow traditional books

• Open Access charge is based on the number of pages per book

• SpringerOpen authors benefit from the OA membership program

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• The SpringerOpen books license:Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license

• Copyright remains with the author(s) (and the editor(s) if applicable)

Copyright and license terms facilitate free dissemination

CC BY-NC license terms specified in the chapter full text to clarify re-use rights

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Increase discovery and dissemination of OA books

• How do librarians learn about OA books?

• How do end-users learn about OA books?

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SpringerOpen book titles – OA labeling standards

• All e-version are freely available online for anyone worldwide

• Clearly labeled as open access on SpringerLink and in the chapter full-text

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Ensure findability – SpringerOpen books are…

• Added ‘on top’ in the regular e-book packages

• Listed in discovery services: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

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Search Engine Optimization

• Findability in Google etc.

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OA attributes in XML metadata

• Already a standard for OA journals– will be introduced for OA books

<ChapterCopyright><CopyrightHolderName>The Author(s)</CopyrightHolderName> <CopyrightYear>2013</CopyrightYear> <License SubType="CC BY-NC" Type="OpenAccess" Version="2.5"><SimplePara><Emphasis Type="Bold">Open Access</Emphasis> This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. </SimplePara></License></Chapter Copyright><ChapterGrants Type="OpenChoice"><MetadataGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> <AbstractGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> <BodyPDFGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> <BodyHTMLGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> <BibliographyGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> <ESMGrant Grant="OpenAccess" /> </ChapterGrants>

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Next steps…

• Add open access attribute in MARC

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Next steps…

• Take up discussion with e-Retailers (Amazon etc.)

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OA for books – funds & policies

• The Wellcome Trust expanded its OA policy to books

• The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW) established an OA fund for books

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Thank you.

Any questions?

-> veronika.spinka@springer.com

Looking for SpringerOpen books?

-> visit springeropen.com/books!

Follow @SpringerOpen

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Backup

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The business model

• SpringerOpen books charge an OA fee

• Fee is based on the number of pages per book.

• SpringerOpen books are covered by OA Membership Program:OA member authors are entitled to a 15% loyalty discount

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Authors benefit from the financial support of 454 SpringerOpen/BioMed Central OA member institutions

http://www.springeropen.com/inst

454 members in 51 countries!